Will Falconer, DVM Moderator
Actually, L, as this is acute disease, like a human cold or flu, it's well within an untrained individual's capability to treat. If you follow the guidelines I gave in the previous post on how to do it, you'll have no untoward effects.
Chronic, lingering disease, the norm of today, is another story. You need professional help to get these animals cured.
I wrote these last couple of posts to encourage people to do this, in fact! Karen and Sara did this without my help at first, and discovered the remedy in their emergency kit that became the star remedy for this epidemic. All I did was coach a bit and give some higher potency versions of the remedies they chose from my kit.
If any gets started on this and feels stuck, just post here (assuming you've read the Remedy for an Epidemic post first, where I've laid out how to do both prevention and treatment). I'll be happy to help those who are helping themselves.